One Day Camping

Some where between my childhood and having my first baby, I lost my sense of adventure! We have never taken our kids for a camping trip!! Pretty sad, right? The idea of sleeping on the ground, with crying kids, and babies who need feed and changed in the middle of the night, does not sound appealing and so we haven't tried it! This year we were going to try it out! We were all set and then a thunderstorm totally dumped on our "enthusiasm" to sleep in a tent. So we decided to meet my family at the camping spot the next day and just spend the day up there! 

Mathew and Kaylie in the hammock! They are only two weeks apart and love to play with each other!!

So sad that this turned out blurry...sigh

Julia wasn't too sure about all the dirt but she soon learned to love it!

Camping clothes dryer

Matthew was just too funny! He picked up the stick and took it my mom and then handed her the marshmallow! 

My dad and brothers took the kids for a fishing trip. I was sent only to document and "supervise." I wasn't going anyway near any worms, hooks, or fish! My brother James was frustrated that all his daughter wanted to do was throw rocks in the creek!

 Andrew holding his pole...Grandpa showed him the right hand position and was concentrating so hard! 

I couldn't even get him to look at me!

Matthew had to get in on it as well!

Peter came running excitedly to tell us that he can caught a fish!! It was a baby and had to be released. I was so disappointed...

I loved these of my dad and Andrew! 

Andrew gave up on my dad when Peter caught a fish with Glen and moved over with him! And won't you know that  he caught something when he went over there! 

Look at that face!! So proud! It was also a little small so it had to be released! Our kids don't like fish so it was all good!

The wildlife and landscape was beautiful and had fun "fishing." 

Matthew then had his turn! It was also a small one!

Glen caught a frog and gave it to my sister Rachal to hold. 

She was hoping that the story of the Frog Prince was true...

Back at camp, our boys learn the art of rolling each other up in a hammock and then letting in unwind!

Matthew went for a hike!

Julia loves hats!

We had some yummy dutch over for dinner! I watched closely so I could repeat it!

It was a great trip and I loved it every minute of taking my kids to my growing up camping site! 

Braver Than Me

We installed a net around the tramp so that's why the picture looks so funny!

We were suppose to go camping with my parents last weekend but because of the fact that we have two small children that still don't sleep all the way through the night, we decided to stay home. That and it was raining and the idea of sleeping in a tent didn't seem all that exciting!  

Anthony, being the awesome dad that he is, decided to sleep on the tramp with the "boys" instead! The wind was blowing and I predicated that they would only make it an hour! I stayed inside where it was nice and warm and only felt little sympathy for my "boys."  

They all came in about 1:30 because it just got too cold! The next morning there was a heavy dew and was slightly above 45 degrees!! 

A walk in their shoes

We thought it would be fun and educational to take our kids on a pioneer walk the day after pioneer day. We had a lesson the pioneers and then got all dressed up and walked around the block! We got a few weird looks but that only made it more authentic! LOL!

Matthew slept through the whole thing! When that boy sleeps, it like waking the dead!

We let the boys push the stroller through the grass and compared it to the handcarts! They thought that was awesome!!

Overall it was great activity and one that I hope that we can repeat every year!